SLS LIQUID HYDROGEN TANK TEST STAND COMPLETED AT NASA MARSHALL
How do you get into deep space? With a lot of rocket propellant. That’s why the nation’s new rocket that NASA is building will have tanks in its core stage that hold 733,000 gallons of propellant! Testing the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks for Space Launch...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Scientists estimate the Earth’s moon appeared soon after the solar system formed, based on studies of lunar samples gathered by NASA’s Apollo 14 astronauts. Human Deep Space Exploration How old is the moon? Scientists say...
SPACEWALKERS PREPARE ISS FOR POWER SYSTEM UPGRADE
It’s not every day that you can watch two astronauts spacewalk in real time! Last week, Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson entered their spacesuits and completed a successful spacewalk. They worked to upgrade the power...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Texas lawmakers remain influential in shaping U.S. civil space policy in the new Congress. Human Deep Space Exploration Texas remains powerful space influence as House Appropriations, Senate Commerce announce subcommittee chairs...
Orion testing ramping up for 2017
Orion had an eventful last year full of exciting progress in advance of its 2018 flight. Orion is NASA’s new multi-purpose deep space crew vehicle. Launching in 2018 on top of Space Launch System (SLS), NASA’s new rocket, the Orion capsule will travel beyond the moon...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Former Chief Scientist Dr. Ellen Stofan discusses the trailblazing women of NASA and the possibility of life on Mars. NASA’s future likely influenced by strategic partnerships, according to one analyst. Human Deep Space...
NEW MARS HABITAT CONCEPT DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM INUIT DWELLINGS
Unless you live in a futuristic igloo, it’s unlikely that your home resembles a new potential habitat designed for living and working on Mars. In your home on Earth, you probably don’t have water insulation in your walls to shield you from radiation. There’s probably...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… President-elect Trump’s transition team brings thoughtful exchange to NASA, according to a high-ranking agency participant. Hidden Figures joins Rogue One atop the nation’s box office. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA...
LUNAR PROSPECTOR LAUNCHED 19 YEARS AGO TODAY
Launched 19 years ago today was a mission to the moon that revealed something amazing – water ice at the poles. Launched on January 6, 1998 from Cape Canaveral, NASA’s Lunar Prospector began its journey toward the moon. The spacecraft’s three instrument booms...Space Talk
#Spazio, #ESA vs #NASA, #Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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Spazio, ESA vs NASA, Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri...
Spazio, ESA vs NASA, Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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How do you know an elephant was in the refrigerator? The footprints in the butter!
@NASARoman will use a similar technique to study neutron stars, essentially invisible crushed cores of former massive stars, relying on their effects on other stars.
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Name a better office view. 🧑🚀🌎
#OTD in 2009, astronauts installed Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble during Servicing Mission 4.
WFC3 provides images across three broad regions of light: ultraviolet, visible, and into the near-infrared! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/439kDQe
To build on the Moon, we need construction materials that can withstand bitter cold – so @NASAglenn invented a machine that can recreate that environment for testing!
This high-powered refrigerator, or cryocooler, removes heat without using any liquid. https://go.nasa.gov/3PGqIR9
